Karen Jones

Karen Jones

@karjon.bsky.social

Writer. Editor NFFD Anthology. BSSA Team Member. First prize Reflex Fiction, TSS Publishing, Flash 500. 2nd prize Fractured Lit micro. Shortlist Bath Flash/Short Story, To Hull and Back and many others. Scottish Indy supporter.

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Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Thanks to @catherineogston.bsky.social for interviewing me on #flashfiction for Federation of Writers Scotland.

Catherine Ogston@catherineogston.bsky.social

Flash writer and editor @karjon.bsky.social very kindly gave me an amazing interview with lots of tips about writing and submitting flash fiction. You can check it out here www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAG... #federationofwriters(Scotland) #flashfiction Thank you Karen!

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Trump renaming Artificial Intelligence as Super Intelligence. I'm gutted he didn't decide to call it Trump Intelligence - that would have been hilarious.

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Dave Gregory
@courtlandavenue.bsky.social

My little journal is making its second appearance as Listing of the Day @duotrope.com! Free submissions are open for fiction of 1000-8000 words. Token payment. Most submissions are responded to within ONE DAY! We nominate for major literary awards!

Duotrope@duotrope.com

Today's listing of the day is: Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

duotrope.comListing of the DayToday's listing of the day is: Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

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Sara Hills
@sarahillswrites.bsky.social

So, a new chapter begins @natflashfictionday.bsky.social!! ⚡❤️Thanks & best wishes to the amazing outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social for everything. And thanks to NFFD co-directors @scooterwriter.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for having me. To be entrusted w/this is such an honor. 🙏❤️

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce that our new Anthology Editor is Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social — you can read more about Sara & read our thanks to our outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

I've thoroughly enjoyed working with @natflashfictionday.bsky.social but it's time to hand over the reins to a new editor of the NFFD Anthology. Many thanks to all who submitted stories during my time as editor and best of luck to the new editor, who I know is going to have an amazing time.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re very sad to announce that after editing 5 NFFD anthologies, our anthology editor Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social has decided to step down. Thank you Karen for all your hard work — you’ve been brilliant. We’ll be announcing our new anthology editor very soon! Watch this space.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Got last minute tickets to see this guy last night, so no time to get a skull cap - we had bald head envy all night. Oh, and there was torrential rain, because Glasgow, summer etc. Didn't stop us dancing and laughing all the way through.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

'Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says' Um, OK, I choose a planet we can still live on rather than 'fun' AI animations and vile pornographic deepfakes, though, obviously, it's a very tough choice.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Excellent book launch for #nffd anthology tonight - everyone read brilliantly and it was so good to hear the stories from Mudlarking. Well done, all.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Chuffed to see this one up in #FlashFlood #nffd2026. Just back from a couple of weeks on holiday, so will slowly catch up with stories over the next week.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

FlashFlood: 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones #nffd2026

dlvr.it'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones12 am: Set alarm for work, switch off light, cuddle into duvet. 12.30 am: The suit Jackie Kennedy wore when her husband was murdered is preserved in an acid-free container in a windowless vault. Wonder why you remembered that. 1 am: Mull over Kennedy assassination. 1.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 2 am: Remember that time in 1979 when Joan Bolton said your boobs were weird – said yours are pointed when they should be pear shaped. Remember how devastated you were that your boobs were wrong. Realise you should have said, “Well at least I’ve got boobs.” Congratulate yourself on coming up with perfect response, 47 years too late. 2.30 am: Consider buying cat. Think of name for cat. Worry about cat dying. 3 am: Try to recall names of all seven dwarves. 3.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 4 am: Try to remember theme tune to Magpie. 4.30 am: Go to toilet. 5 am: Try to remember full names of the characters in The Odd Couple and the actors who played them in both film and TV series. 5.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. REPEAT-REPEAT-REPEAT! 6 am: Dogs definitely have bollocks, but do bees have knees? 6.45 am: Tut. No point in sleeping now. 6.46 am: Fall into deep sleep. 7 am: Switch off alarm. Ach, well, time for work. Those planes won’t land themselves.   --- Karen Jones won first prize in the Cambridge Flash and Reflex Fiction and second prize in Fractured Lit micro. She is an editor for NFFD anthology. Her Novellas-in-Flash, When It’s Not Called Making Love, and Burn It All Down are published by Ad Hoc Fiction and Arroyo Seco Press respectively. 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' was first published in Flash Fiction Festival Two in 2018.

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Rosaleen Lynch
@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

'3 am: Try to recall names of all seven dwarves.' ⏰ Check out 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by @karjon.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ...for the humour and for everything else you wanted in a flash but were too afraid to ask!

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

FlashFlood: 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones #nffd2026

dlvr.it'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones12 am: Set alarm for work, switch off light, cuddle into duvet. 12.30 am: The suit Jackie Kennedy wore when her husband was murdered is preserved in an acid-free container in a windowless vault. Wonder why you remembered that. 1 am: Mull over Kennedy assassination. 1.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 2 am: Remember that time in 1979 when Joan Bolton said your boobs were weird – said yours are pointed when they should be pear shaped. Remember how devastated you were that your boobs were wrong. Realise you should have said, “Well at least I’ve got boobs.” Congratulate yourself on coming up with perfect response, 47 years too late. 2.30 am: Consider buying cat. Think of name for cat. Worry about cat dying. 3 am: Try to recall names of all seven dwarves. 3.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 4 am: Try to remember theme tune to Magpie. 4.30 am: Go to toilet. 5 am: Try to remember full names of the characters in The Odd Couple and the actors who played them in both film and TV series. 5.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. REPEAT-REPEAT-REPEAT! 6 am: Dogs definitely have bollocks, but do bees have knees? 6.45 am: Tut. No point in sleeping now. 6.46 am: Fall into deep sleep. 7 am: Switch off alarm. Ach, well, time for work. Those planes won’t land themselves.   --- Karen Jones won first prize in the Cambridge Flash and Reflex Fiction and second prize in Fractured Lit micro. She is an editor for NFFD anthology. Her Novellas-in-Flash, When It’s Not Called Making Love, and Burn It All Down are published by Ad Hoc Fiction and Arroyo Seco Press respectively. 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' was first published in Flash Fiction Festival Two in 2018.

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Sumitra Singam
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

"Congratulate yourself on coming up with perfect response, 47 years too late." this is hilarious @karjon.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

FlashFlood: 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones #nffd2026

dlvr.it'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones12 am: Set alarm for work, switch off light, cuddle into duvet. 12.30 am: The suit Jackie Kennedy wore when her husband was murdered is preserved in an acid-free container in a windowless vault. Wonder why you remembered that. 1 am: Mull over Kennedy assassination. 1.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 2 am: Remember that time in 1979 when Joan Bolton said your boobs were weird – said yours are pointed when they should be pear shaped. Remember how devastated you were that your boobs were wrong. Realise you should have said, “Well at least I’ve got boobs.” Congratulate yourself on coming up with perfect response, 47 years too late. 2.30 am: Consider buying cat. Think of name for cat. Worry about cat dying. 3 am: Try to recall names of all seven dwarves. 3.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. 4 am: Try to remember theme tune to Magpie. 4.30 am: Go to toilet. 5 am: Try to remember full names of the characters in The Odd Couple and the actors who played them in both film and TV series. 5.30 am: Exhale three, inhale six, hold four, exhale three. REPEAT-REPEAT-REPEAT! 6 am: Dogs definitely have bollocks, but do bees have knees? 6.45 am: Tut. No point in sleeping now. 6.46 am: Fall into deep sleep. 7 am: Switch off alarm. Ach, well, time for work. Those planes won’t land themselves.   --- Karen Jones won first prize in the Cambridge Flash and Reflex Fiction and second prize in Fractured Lit micro. She is an editor for NFFD anthology. Her Novellas-in-Flash, When It’s Not Called Making Love, and Burn It All Down are published by Ad Hoc Fiction and Arroyo Seco Press respectively. 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' was first published in Flash Fiction Festival Two in 2018.
Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Gorgeous cover from @joannacampbell.bsky.social and fabulous title from @rachaeldunlop.com brilliant story. Can't wait for everyone to read this year's anthology and many thanks to @sharontelfer.bsky.social for being such an excellent co-editor.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to introduce the title & cover of our 2026 anthology which is now available to pre-order from our bookshop. The cover is by our artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social & the title is taken from a flash from @rachaeldunlop.com www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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Neil Mackay
@neilmackay.bsky.social

The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

heraldscotland.comThe people have spoken – there will be a pro-indy majority but it will be ignoredScotland faces another pro-independence Holyrood majority, yet another referendum remains impossible - trapping democracy in constitutional limbo.
Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Well, after 19 years in power, that was a fairly remarkable showing from the SNP. I'm pretty happy, despite deform getting some in on the list.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Lucky enough to have read this and it's a cracker - highly recommended.

Diane Simmons@scooterwriter.bsky.social

I’m very excited to share that my new flash fiction novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press on 1 June. You can pre-order from V.Press or signed copies are available from my website. Set in 1890s northern England, it is inspired by a shocking crime in my family’s history.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

I'll be joining the #FlashFlood at 8am on June 13th with an old favourite,The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees. Looking forward to paddling in all the excellent flashes that day.

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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social

The Boys is one of the best and most brutal satires of Trump and MAGA America. Idiocracy with entrails. One of the few TV shows that gets to grip with the moment.

Karen Jones
@karjon.bsky.social

Such sad news - a lovely woman. We'll miss her.

flashficfestuk.bsky.social@flashficfestuk.bsky.social

This post, including one of her stories, Is dedicated to the memory of Lorraine Collins who came to the festival for every year since 2023 and was booked this year. Lorraine died in a car accident last week and we will miss her at the festival very much. www.flashfictionfestival.com/news/

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Rosaleen Lynch
@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

Thrilled to have two pieces in this year's @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & in such fabulous company! Congrats all and many thanks to editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social and @karjon.bsky.social 🥰

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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Rob Walton
@robwaltonwriter.bsky.social

Delighted to make the cut for the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 Anthology. Thanks to Editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social and @karjon.bsky.social www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/16/national-flash-fiction-day-2026-anthology-line-up/

nationalflashfictionday.co.ukNational Flash Fiction Day 2026 Anthology Line UpAfter reading scads of brilliant stories on the theme of BRIDGES, editors Karen Jones and Sharon Telfer have finalised their selections for the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day anthology and for the…

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Rebecca Field
@rebeccafwrites.bsky.social

Thrilled to be part of the amazing NFFD anthology with my story about trolls under bridges!! 🥳 🧌 🐐 Thanks so much to the editors, looks like a fantastic lineup..

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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fcmalby
@fcmalby.bsky.social

Thrilled that my story, Lotus, will be published in the forthcoming National Flash Fiction Day 2026 Anthology @natflashfictionday.bsky.social fcmalby.com/2026/03/16/n... via @fcmalby #NFFD #Anthology #FlashFictionNational

fcmalby.comNational Flash Fiction Day 2026 Anthology Line UpI’m thrilled to share the news that my recent story, Lotus, has been selected for publication in the National Flash Fiction Day 2026 Anthology. Here is what the editors had to say: After read…

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Gill O'Halloran
@quickasaflash.bsky.social

Very pleased to be here. Congrats @bsherm36.bsky.social and @erinbondo.bsky.social for being the award winners, congrats to everyone on the list + thanks to @karjon.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

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June Gemmell
@junegemmell.bsky.social

Look at all the brilliant people in THIS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...